Portable stove.



J. H. CROCKWEL..

PORTABLE STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10.1911.

Patented Ap?. 30

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To all whom t may concer/a: i i l Be it known that LJAMES H. CROCKWELL, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at SaltLake City, in the county of Salt Lake andV State. of Utah, have invented certain new and usefull improvements in Portable Stoves; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full,.clear,. and exact description of the invention, such aswill-enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relatesto a portable stove which is particularly designed to be inserted into the fire box of an ordinary cooking stove through one of the openings in the top of the stove so that when it is desired to have only a smallfire such as vforheating gruel, or cookin any small article of food, a fire may be built in the portable stove for creating the necessary or desired heat without building a fire in the entire stove.

A further object of this invention is to provide a portable stove as specified which is extremely simple in construction, being formed of sheet metal, and which has a per* forated bottom upon which a Grate is supported, which grate is also perforated so as to permit of a draft upwardly through the bottom of the stove and the grate and also to provide a cover ring or plate which rests upon the top of the sides of the stove and is detachably connected thereto by means of sprin latches, which top is com osed of a` pair of hingedly connected sections.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists in such novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the aocompanying drawing and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters designate like and corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in Which- Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of the improved portable stove,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the stove showing the same inserted into an ordinary stove, and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the main body of the portable stove which is constructed of sheet metal and is substantially cylindrical in Specification of Letters Patent.

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of Athe `body 1 taper or incline outwardly from the bottom 8 to the top of the stove and are rounded so to provide a maximum interior space-,for the stove and also to shapethe portable stove to fit the interior of an ordinary cooking range, the tapering of thesides and the flat side 2 beingmade necessary by the, shapeof the ordinary 'stove gratos. The base Blof the body is provided with a plurality of perforations 4, which permit of Van `upward draft` through the stove body. v i.

A removable grate structure 5 `is positioned within the stove body 1 and it has legs-6 formedupon the perforated base thereof which legs engage the upper surface of the perforated bottom 3 of the body and holds the bottom 7 of the grate in spaced relation to the bottom 3. The o'rate structure 5 has upstanding sides 8 whic are constructed of the metal of which the grate is formed and are split as indicated at 9 so as to allow the upstanding sides of the grate to be bent to conform to the config uration of the interior of the body 1. The flat side 2 of the body l is provided with an opening 10 formed near its upper end which allows for the escape of products of combustion from the auxiliary or portable stove into the main stove body indicated by the numeral 11 in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

The main body 1 of the stove has a ring 12 mounted upon its upper edge which ring is composed of a pair of sections 13 and M which are hingedly connected as shown at l5. The ring structure 12 is removably mounted upon the top of the body 1 and it is held in proper place thereon by means of spring clasps or catches 16 which have tongues 17 formed thereon. The tongues 17 extend through openings in the side of the body 1 as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and they have their lower ends rolled to form grips for springing them outwardly to remove the tongues 17 from the openings formed in the body, to permit the cover ring 12 to be removed or disconnected from the body 1.

The side 8 of the grate 5 extends above the upper ends of the remaining sides of the i rpGA y p `Fattentieol Apr. 3&1918;

Applicationled July 10, 1917. Serial No. 179,698. i i

5 is smaller than the interior of the body l of the stove so as to allow free circulation of air about the same.

In the operation of the improved portable stove, when it is desired to make a small lire for heating a small article of food7 or in ivarm Weather when konly a small lire is desiredJ the improved portable stove is inserted through one of the openings indicated bythe numeral 20 in Fig. 2 of the drawings, formed in the top of an ordinary cooking range, and a fire is lstarted upon the grate 5 AWhile the'article to be cooked is placed over the opening in the ring l2, and with the vimproved stove, the desired article may be `heated or cooked by the utilization of a minimum quantity of fuel and Without necessitating the building of a fire in the entire 'ordinary cooking range.

In reducing the invention in practice, certain minor features of construction7 combination and arrangement of parts may necessitatealterations to which the patentee is entitled provided such alterations are comprehended Within the scope of What is claimed.

Copies 0f this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner Washington, D. C.

What is claimedl is A portable stove including a substantially cylindrical body having a perforated bottom, one side of said body being flattened and provided With an Opening to permit the escape of products of combustion, a grate having a perforated bottom and upstanding sides, legs formed upon said grate bottom for holding said grate bottom in spaced relation to the body bottomP said grate being smaller than the interior or the body to permit air circulation about the grate, the sides of said body bulging outwardly toward the top thereof, a ring removably mounted upon the body and composed ol a pair of hingedly connected sections, and means carried b said ring for engagement with said body to prevent accidental movement of the ring with respect to the body.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of tivo witnesses.

Y JAMES H. CROCKWELL.

Witnesses M. I. LEWIS, WV. STUART HoDGE.

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